BOOK REVIEW-WEAVER'S NEEDLE by Robin Caroll

Two recovery specialists.
One murder.
A hunt for the Dutchman's Lost Gold Mine becomes a race of survival.

Former Army MP Landry Parker fell into the recovery specialist role quite by accident—to help her ailing father. Now that she’s on her own, she is determined to prove herself and honor her family legacy.

After being shot in the line of duty, former police officer Nickolai Baptiste became a recovery specialist, and he’s good at his job—maybe even the best.
           
A potential client pits Landry and Nickolai against one another to find the Dutchman’s Lost Gold Mine map that was stolen from her murdered husband, and the potential payday is too enticing to pass up. The trail takes them from New Orleans to Weaver’s Needle in Arizona where legend claims the mine is hidden. Landry and Nickolai are no strangers to adventure, but the unlikely partners quickly discover there’s someone after the treasure and there are those who want to ensure the lost mine in Arizona’s Superstition Mountain stays lost forever.

Can Landry and Nickolai work together despite their distrust of each other to save the legend before more innocent lives are lost? Will they find the real treasure isn’t the gold, but something more valuable. . .true love and understanding?  AMAZON  3.5-4 Stars

While I liked this book, I can't say exactly that it is a favorite.  It does have good, intricate main characters.  Both Landry and Nickolai  were really well fleshed out and the reader got a really good idea of who they are.  Their family history is explained early on so that you begin to see what each of them is dealing with.   And I found the name Landry unusual for a woman, but it worked for her and I liked it.  Before I go any further I would like to say that I thought the cover for this eBook was really attractive.  

Anytime someone says Treasure Map, you know people come out of the woodwork trying to get a piece (or all) of it.  This story doesn't disappoint with that truth; it gets to the point where you're not sure who to trust.  Well, except Nickolai and Landry that is.  The story does have a slow start though as I was trying to sort out all the players. 

Something that added more to the story was the Native American aspect.  Native American rituals, religion, shamans and Medicine Man included.  

If I was listing what categories this book would be described as, it would go in this order.   Mystery, romance, and faith (beginning with Landry).  

Something that I thought was unusual was the fact that they were both hired as competition against each other.  Whoever got the job done got paid.  Only one of them got the big pay off although their expenses were paid.  It's just not something that you usually run into in a story.  

A good twist at the end and also a charming end of the book with a H.E.A.  



I received a copy of this book via Netgalley and this was my honest opinion of it.